International Brotherhood of Magicians

“The board of trustees are on three year terms, elected by the membership of the organization. The president, president elect, vice president, secretary and treasurer are elected by the membership annually. The past international presidents are board members for life after serving their term as president.”

“Any changes in the organization's constitution or by-laws are subject to approval by the membership.”

“The organization has local organizations called "rings" located around the world. Each chapter is financially autonomous and has no obligation to pay the parent organization anything. Historically there have not been payments to the parent organization from the local rings. The structure between the parent organization is an elected office called territorial vice presidents. Per the parent organization's by-laws "the territorial vice presidents shall provide a link between the members of the international brotherhood of magicians and the borad of trustees to promote cooperation and communication. They shall give assistance, advice and ceremonial support to the rings in their state, province or country. The territorial vice presidents are directly answerable to the territorial vice president nominations / ring counselor committee for carrying out the duties contained in their job description. They shall submit to this committee an annual report on their activities..."”

“The 990 is reviewed by the treasurer for approval prior to filing.”

“Any known conflicts of interests will be reviewed by the audit committee.”

“All salaries and hourly rates are reviewed by the board annually and adjustments are approved by the board.”

“All salaries and hourly rates are reviewed by the board annually and adjustments are approved.”

“Available upon request at the internationial headquarters office in st. Charles, mo”

“Volunteers are used to: 1. Operate the annual convention 2. Various board committees such as membership and public relations committees 3. The world is divided into territories, each territory has a territorial vice president that represents the organization to the membership.”